this narrow strip where the refuge meets the sea is home to many of the arctic's diverse wildlife species. ♪♪♪ zoe: this is the heart of the arctic nationalill. ♪♪♪ zoe: this is where the caribou have their babies? fran mauer: this--part of the calving grounds of the porcupine caribou here, what we're walking on right here. zoe: i'm here with retired biologist and conservationist fran mauer. he's a caribou expert, who spent more than 20 years studying this special place. mauer: this is a shed antler from an adult female caribou. when you find antlers laying on the tundra, you're in a--cow antlers, you're in a calving ground. zoe: it's unclear how much oil actually lies under the tundra. an exploratory well drilled in the mid-'80s apparently delivered meager results, but the oil companies won't relee the details. now, the trump administration wants to sell off the drilling leases by the end of this year. mauer: in my opinion, the rush is to sell leases before there's another election. it's as simple as that 'cause they know that american people ultimately do not want this and they're trying to push it through while they have the votes and

kooooooo7ú oÑoÑoÑoÑoÑoÑoÑ ♪♪♪ zoe daniel: alaska's arctic national wildlife refuge known as anwr, protectedlso contested for decades. here, animals roam in a pristine wilderness in one of the last places of its kind on earth, but it's under threat. [gunshot] donald trump: anwr in alaska, one of the great sites of energy in the world. zoe: the trump administration plans to allow drilling here for oil and gas.

♪♪♪ zoe daniel: alaska's arctic national wildlife refuge known as anwr, protected by the us governmenttested for decades. here, animals roam in a pristine wilderness in one of the last places of its kind on earth, but it's under threat. [gunshot] donald trump: anwr in alaska, one of the great sites of energy in the world. zoe: the trump administration plans to allow drilling here for oil and gas.

administration shut down the congressionally authorized oil and gas program, the 102 area of the arctic national wildlife refuge in alaska and threaten industry regulation and increased royalties which significantly impact invest n-new energy production. indeed, the large finance years -- financeeers are backing away due to their e.s.g. idealism and intimidation by the government to do so. anwr is actually 19.6 million acres. the 102 area is small fraction of that total area. the drilling itself would take place on a smaller fraction of that as well. so most recently the biden administration has scrapped court ordered offshore five-year lease in the gulf of mexico. this could likely spell a complete ban on offshore leases until the end of his whole term. what does he expect is going to happen? we are seeing it. the people are feeling it. $5 gas nationally. $6, $6.50 in california where everything is more expensive. $7 for diesel. how do they expect trucks will deliver items to the store or bring -- trucks are going to bring things from manufacturing facilities to distribution centers or from the field to the dr